diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7517cfa..1ff43c8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ SUBDIRS =								\
 	icons								\
 	pixmaps								\
 	po								\
-	$(PYTHON_SUBDIR)						\
-	tests
+	$(PYTHON_SUBDIR)
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS =							\
 	1.8								\
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 0c763c6..c2f9dff 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -335,8 +335,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	icons								\
 	pixmaps								\
 	po								\
-	$(PYTHON_SUBDIR)						\
-	tests
+	$(PYTHON_SUBDIR)
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = \
 	1.8								\
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d1f8320..48c6c23 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12913,39 +12913,39 @@ fi
 rm -f conftest.mmap conftest.txt
 
 
-if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-  #include <string.h>
-  #include <time.h>
-  int
-  main (int argc, char **argv)
-  {
-    struct tm tm;
-    char      buffer[16];
-    tm.tm_year = 81;
-    if (strftime (buffer, 16, "%EY", &tm) == 4 && strcmp (buffer, "1981") == 0)
-      return 0;
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
-
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_STRFTIME_EXTENSION 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-
-fi
-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
+#if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+#  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+#$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+#as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+#See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+#else
+#  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+#/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#
+#  #include <string.h>
+#  #include <time.h>
+#  int
+#  main (int argc, char **argv)
+#  {
+#    struct tm tm;
+#    char      buffer[16];
+#    tm.tm_year = 81;
+#    if (strftime (buffer, 16, "%EY", &tm) == 4 && strcmp (buffer, "1981") == 0)
+#      return 0;
+#    return 1;
+#  }
+#
+#_ACEOF
+#if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+#
+#
+#$as_echo "#define HAVE_STRFTIME_EXTENSION 1" >>confdefs.h
+#
+#
+#fi
+#rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
+#  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
+#fi